Detonator 40 Evaluation

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An
essential part of preparing for a presentation is ensuring
that the projector is properly aligned and focused. Often
times, the room configuration doesn?t facilitate an easy
set-up. Should it become necessary to use a projector at
an obscure angle, NVKeystone makes it possible to adjust
the final display in real-time. Additionally, 2D, 3D and
video acceleration are all supported through the projector
output.

HotHardware Test System

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2.8GHz Pentium 4

PNY
Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600 128MB

Detonator 40.41

Detonator 30.28

ATI
RADEON 9700 Pro

v.7.75

Common Hardware:

Pentium 4 2.8GHz

Intel i850E Reference
Motherboard

IBM 30GB ATA-100
7200RPM Hard Drive

Sound Blaster Live!
Value

A Few
Words About The Benchmarks:
In setting up our test machines, we install Windows XP
on a formatted, FAT32 hard drive. After installing
the relevant drivers we disable system restore, all of
the graphical enhancements in Windows XP, and the
Automatic Update feature. The desktop on each test
bed is set to 1024x768, 16-bit color and a 75Hz refresh
rate.

All of the
benchmarks run with maximum detail settings include
maximum texture detail and geometric detail.
Furthermore, all benchmarks were run at 1600x1200 at
32-bit color.

3D
Mark 2001 SE

Synthetic
DirectX 8.1 Benchmark

NVIDIA is able to squeeze an
extra seven percent out of the GeForce4 Ti 4600 in 3D Mark
2001. Of course, synthetic results are hardly
indicative of real-world gaming, so let's take a look at
Quake III performance.

Quake III

OpenGL Benchmark

Quake III is one of the most
popular benchmarks, so it is very probable that NVIDIA has
already dedicated a significant amount of time to
optimizing performance. The Detonator 40.41 drivers
are able to expose an extra three percent, though.
Comparatively, the RADEON 9700 Pro is still immensely
faster, besting the Ti 4600 by no less than 25 percent.

Comanche 4

Another DirectX
8 Benchmark

There are several reasons to
test with more than one benchmark. Comanche 4
illustrates exactly why. Whereas many of the other
benchmarks show an impressive performance gain,
performance is actually lost by switching to the new
drivers here. Once again, the RADEON 9700 Pro takes
the victory overall by about 11 percent.